WWE DON'T Have A Venue For Raw And SmackDown Post-WrestleMania 37

Post-WrestleMania 37 episodes of WWE Raw and SmackDown are currently homeless.

WWE ThunderDome Tropicana Field
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The Wrestling Observer is reporting that WWE don't currently have a locked-in venue for episodes of Raw and SmackDown immediately after WrestleMania 37.

Tropicana Field, where the company shifted its ThunderDome to late-last year, won't be available because the MLB season is due to start on 1 April. That means WWE will have to find a new home for the 12 and 16 April editions of their flagship shows before then.

'Mania 37 will emanate from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on 10-11 April. The company were planning on running The Amalie Arena last year too - that arena would've hosted Raw, SmackDown, NXT and the Hall Of Fame 2020 ceremony as part of WrestleMania week in the city.

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The Observer did note that Amalie is available. The NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning use the venue for home games, but they have a four-game stretch of away fixtures in Columbus and Nashville between 6-12 April. Lightning's next home game after that would be on the 15th against Florida Panthers.

WWE have a gap to work with then. They could easily pitch to tape both shows at Amalie during the team's run of road games.

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